Discusses the experience of learning autogenic training and progressive relaxation, Can occasions when the author was able to reach a state of near absolute relaxation, he experimented with desensitization therapy, and tried to hold an image completely still, To the extent that this was successful, clarity and objectivity of perception occurred which supports the James-Large theory of the emotions, and those views which see muscle tensivity as a defensive process. A further finding, not quite so understandable, was the feeling that, had stillness been complete, omniscience would have resulted. Passages from ancient source books on Eastern mediation and modern commentaries which bear on this observation are quoted extensively. These works appear much less cryptic when seen in the context of the total relaxation experience.